The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-26

SAVING THE HEATHEN.
Negroes, Indians, Chinese and Noun
tain Whites Put in One Class.

Negroes, Indians, Chinese and Noun
tain Whites Put in One Class
PORTLAND, Me-, Oct. 25.-The Forty first
annual meeting of the American Missionary
Association, the organ of the Congregational
Churches for work among the negroes, In
dians, Chinese and mountain whites, began
this afternoon, in the Second Church. After
an address of welcome, by Rev. Mr.. Daniels,
pastor of the church, various committees
were appointed. The report of the Execu-
tive Committee, of which the following is
an abstract, was then read. The report
says: 1.-The work in the South is
emphatically one of instruction. There
have been fifty-four schools planted in
those states, six of which are chartered in
stitutions, and fairly entitled to the rank of
colleges. Sixteen are normal and training
schools. In these schools are 246 instruc-
tors and 1916 pupils. Large additions have
been made to the accommodations of these
schools during the past year. Three school
buildings and two buildings used for indus
trial training have been erected.
''The two Ballard buildings at Tougaloo
Miss, built by the students, under direction
of the Superintendent of Mechanical Train
ing, are completed.
''The Girls Industrial School at Thomas
vile, Ga, has just entered its new house.
he dCthlbDlN db ledSdHb ltIfl., HdS
Just been dedicated, and is used for both
school and church purposes.
'At Straight University, New Orleans, a
neat industrial building has been erected.
IAN industrial department has been added
TO the course of study at Williamsburg,
Ky.
''At Grand View, Tenn, the people them
selves have rented an additional building
for school purposes.
tn, nd 70 I,,tI1 Il 1t,a,r t1,r<
up this year, the Cassidy school building at
Talladega has been materially enlarged TO
meet the growing needs of this department
"At Avery Institute, Charleston, S. c.,
the damage done by the earthquake has
been repaired, but despite these extensive
additions and enlargements the accommo-
tions are still inadequate for the number of
applicants.
girls to obtain this instruction. Industrial
training is made a special feature of.
Nearly every branch, from blackSmithing
to sewing, is included in the courses
Each of the six chartered institutions shows
marked prosperity Some of them have
had to undergo many embarrassments,
notably Atlanta University. Notwithstand-
ing these discouragements, Atlanta Univer-
sity has increased the enrolment of pupils
from 29l last year to Alb
"Fisk University is broadening and deep
ening its work The names in the catalogue
number 437, as against 3S4 last year.
"Talladega College has had marked sue
cess in all branches The number of
students is slightly in excess of that Of pre-
vious years.
straight University has in it many
creoles. There are 51S students registered.
In the law department white and colored
students join in the same classes
"Tougaloo (diss.) has had a good year.
The appropriation of $4,000 from the State
was almost the only one in the whole list of
school appropriations that was not reduced.
"At Tillotson Institute, Austin, Tex,
there is also an increase in the number of
students,
''As to the purely religious work that is
being done, these statistics will show: Num-
ber of churches, 127; number of missiona-
ries, 1913; number of church members, 1896;
added during the year, l,197; scholars in
Sunday schools, Is, 100, an increase of near
ly 1000. The churches contributed this
year for benevolence, outside Of their own
works. 50, ,322, and for their own church
purposes, $l6,014"